Civil Engineering

Civil engineering students at UE apply technical knowledge and skills in the real world, like the Fairfield Reservoir and Dam Project in nearby Fairfield, Illinois.

David Unger

Dr. Unger is the author of the textbook, Analytical Fracture Mechanics, which was originally published in hard cover by Academic Press (1995), and later reprinted in paperback form by Dover Publications in 2001 and again in 2011. He was awarded the Sadelle and Sydney Berger Award for scholarly activity by the University of Evansville in 2005, the Dean’s Teaching Award in the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2006, and designated a UE Global Scholar in 2007. He was a professionally licensed engineer for twenty years, and has served on the UE faculty for fourteen years.

Education

PhD Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

MS Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Unger, D.J., “A Plane Stress Perfectly Plastic Mode I Crack Problem for a Yield Condition Based on the Second and Third Invariants of the Deviatoric Stress Tensor-Part II,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 4, 1651-1656 (2009).

Unger, D.J., “A Plane Stress Perfectly Plastic Mode I Crack Problem for a Yield Condition Based on the Second and Third Invariants of the Deviatoric Stress Tensor-Part I,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 3, 795-807 (2008).